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On the River, by Guy de Maupassant

“Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,/For those in peril on the sea!” it says in the old hymn. But those of us who live along rivers know that these comparatively modest waterways contain equal and even greater terrors – that sometimes go beyond the risk of the occasional flood or the odd mosquito bite. So whether you live along the Spree, the Mississippi, the Volga, or, in this case, the Seine, you’ll be wanting to put on a pair of Wellingtons and grab an extra bottle of rum before listening to this one…